The first of two new-generation boarding house complexes planned for Orange is ready to open.
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Developer Greg Kings said the 14 studio apartment-like units on Molong Road, the Mitchell Suites, would be rented for $320-$385 a week.
He said while there was capacity for two people to live in each unit it was likely most would have single occupants.
Construction of Mr Kings' second project, for 22 units on a site on McLachlan Street near Bathurst Road, is expected to start later this year.
Molong Road is the pinnacle of any new-generation boarding houses that have been put to market anywhere in NSW.
- Greg Kings, developer of the Mitchell Suites
A third project, on March Street, did not gain planning approval from Orange City Council, after protests from nearby residents.
Mr Kings said it was an exciting time to finally see the first site ready for residents.
He said they were not short stay or weekend accommodation and had a minimum rental period of three months.
Mr Kings said they would suit people coming to Orange for work.
"Mainly professional people or people who are on work assignments, relief nurses or doctors," he said.
Mr Kings said it would also suit elderly people.
"There is a lot of requirement for widowed and divorced women, and for men," he said.
These new-generation boarding houses are vastly different to the public perceptions of previous-era boarding houses which were home to lodgers, many on welfare.
Mr Kings said this development was of a higher quality than other new generation boarding houses.
"Molong Road is the pinnacle of any new-generation boarding houses that have been put to market anywhere in NSW," he said.
"Everything is quality.
"It's a fair involvement in one property in Orange but it is the jewel in the crown.
"It is safe, good quality accommodation. Fully self-contained with their own en-suites."
He said each unit had its own courtyard area.
Mr Kings said due to site restrictions that space would not be offered at the McLachlan Street complex which will instead have shared areas.
The Sydney-based developer said he was looking at further developments in Orange but not more boarding houses complexes.
"I am looking at other things. I like the town, I've got friends that have got businesses there," he said.
Mr Kings said there was demand for accommodation in Orange.
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